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Monday, July 16, 2018

This former A list mostly movie actress is out promoting a huge box office bomb of a movie which will probably not do wonders for her movie career. She talks a lot about certain things, but leaves out two very important things because she does want a career again. She has not spoken out at all about the disgraced writer/director who forced her to have sex for roles more than once. He also forced her to have sex scenes he cut but then showed to actor/director/producer friends who would then call her in to read for roles where they often tried to force her to have sex with them. She is also not discussing the former A+ lister who verbally and emotionally abused her for years and caused an equal amount of years in therapy. She has to stay silent if she wants to keep the career revival going.

Given that he's worked with Toback multiple times, I wonder if Robert Downey Jr was one of those actor friends Toback showed videos too. That could be the fire he had to put out from the Avengers blind. :(

I wonder that, too. Cusack was a smart actor who made smart movies, then he disappeared. The stories about his relationship with Neve came out but that is the only gossip we've had for years on the guy.

He's life long friends with Jeremy Piven. Other than he and Tim Robbins, Cusack doesn't seem to have any Hollywood friends either.

@ J your assessment is ridiculous. You don't think MORE is at stake for a multi million dollar role and/or a rep than can be smeared in seconds by Hollywood VIPs if a woman doesn't do what is asked. Sorry but in what world do you think women screw to work at a car wash? HUH? Just because these women are richer, more high profile, doesn't mean they can't be used or abused. It has been SYSTEMATIC, casting couch expectations, dreams made or dashed... since the BEGINNING of the film industry. And if you suddenly had stardom dangled in front of you, your very passion and dream one screw away, isn't there just as much desperation to it all? Unfair assessment to blame victims even if they 'participate' as cogs in the the evil machine. They are just doing what they think they have to, period.

"And if you suddenly had stardom dangled in front of you, your very passion and dream one screw away, isn't there just as much desperation to it all?"

Well, I guess it depends on what sort of person you are, how much self-respect you have, whether and how you are willing to exercise your moral agency. Those are the questions which are relevant in considering the first time a decision like that is made.

When we talk about making that choice a second time, you're just for sale. Which is fine by me; just don't pretend you're a victim.

I agree J. All of the women I have known have known what they were doing relative to sex and career moves. If you don't play in certain circles you are persona non grata... I think it's incremental or it used to be. I.E. Doing coke, etc. gets you in compromise territory. From there, you have to get real smart. Or not. All in how you want to play the game.

I'll stress that I find the situation faced by some poor woman at a car wash, or washing dishes, or working in a poultry plant, who has to face being raped to keep her job -- something I'm sure happens a hell of a lot -- is absolutely disgusting.

And these brainless actresses who didn't become Elizabeth Taylor after sexing a few producers, so later claim they were raped... they aren't doing a damned bit of good for millions of real victims. In fact, every time one of them gets caught in a lie (i.e., daily), women who face real abuse are one step further from being protected.

No, you don't have to sleep with the boss to keep a crappy job. You just get another crappy job where the boss is not interested in screwing you. You know most bosses in low and middle management are now women, don't you? So, what horrible fate do these young actresses face if they turn away from Hollywood? Poverty, famine, early death, the plague? No, they can always go back to being barristas or whatever crappy job they were doing before sucking off a Hollywood producer. This is the reason I have no sympathy for them.

Yeah, you do. If you are a female undocumented worker, for instance, in the hotel industry there is a huge chance you will be sexually assaulted because there is no one you can go to about it. Same with women who work in the fields in this country.

There is the potential to trap any woman, at any job, into being the victim of sexual assault. If an actress takes a role on a TV show that turns out to be a hit and she's happy to be there. What happens if she is assaulted by a producer who threatens to fire her otherwise? No, she can't just walk away. This is her life and the chance to be a part of something great. She is "stuck" and there isn't much she can do about it.

It happens in academia as well, where women think they are succeeding on a path to a PhD and tenure, building their CV and making strides in their profession. What option do they have if one of their superior professors assaults them or threatens them if they don't put out? To quit?

I'm not saying every case is assault and that some aren't a quid pro quo arrangement. But to frame of of them as convenient for both parties is just wrong.

Actresses are aware of what they're doing. It's wrong but it's the whole reason why not very good actresses make a huge success. Us normal folk would say "fuck this shit. This has nothing to do with acting" but they crave success on an unimaginable level. They'd do anything.

Harvey Weinstein would have never got laid if it wasn't for his power. Many women did offer it to him on a plate as women aren't thick, they know how to play it. He got use to getting what he wanted and then became a predator.

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